R&D Systems was founded in 1976 in Minneapolis, MN. It is a wholly owned
subsidiary of TECHNE Corporation (a holding company with no employees). The
stock is traded publicly on NASDAQ’s National Market System under the “TECH”
symbol. TECHNE has two operating subsidiaries: Research & Diagnostics
Systems, Inc. (R&D Systems) and R&D Systems Europe Ltd.
R&D Systems has two operating divisions: Biotechnology, which manufactures
reagents primarily for the research market, and Hematology, which
manufactures controls and calibrators for hematology analyzers.